Creative Sound Blaster Audigy/Audigy2/Audigy4 2.18.0001

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Added Features:
Dolby® Digital and DTS® decode re-established for sound cards that included decoding in their Windows XP drivers.
DVD-Audio playback re-established for sound cards that included the application in their Windows XP software suite (For Windows Vista 32-bit only). Requires the latest Creative MediaSource DVD-Audio Player software.

Fixes:
Resolves issues of intermittent and random application/system crash when playing games or running applications that use EAX®, DirectSound®, OpenAL and/or ASIO features.
Resolves issue of system crash when running DTM - Device Path Exerciser test in Windows Vista 64-bit.
Resolves issue of volume mapping leading to very soft volume level in systems using Windows Vista with Service Pack 1.
Resolves issue with distortion and noise occuring in systems with 4 GB of RAM or greater.
Resolves issue with OpenAL playback of multichannel formats.
Resolves issue of system crash when performing immediate system shutdown after exiting Battlefield 2.
Optimizations to OpenAL to improve performance in Unreal Tournament 3, DiRT, and other games.

Known Issues:
Applications from the original Sound Blaster Audigy CD will not work with this download on Windows Vista.
Users are advised to use Audio Console included in this download to change speaker configurations.
Gameport is not supported in Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
6.1 speaker mode is not supported by Windows Vista.

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